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Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box
Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box

Campo del Cielo meteorite fragment from Argentina in nice collectors box

$ 22.69

Availability: 100 in stock
  • Item must be returned within: 30 Days
  • All returns accepted: Returns Accepted
  • Country/Region of Manufacture: Argentina
  • Return shipping will be paid by: Seller
  • Modified Item: No
  • Condition: New
  • Refund will be given as: Money back or replacement (buyer's choice)

    Description

    Campo del Cielo meteorite from Argentina, in individual collectors box
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    The name means field of the sky
    This is a great addition to any collection.
    The fragment measures about 1.5" by 1 2/8" by 4/8" thick
    Weighs: 1.5 ounces 42.3 grams
    Comes with a description sheet
    This is the item you will receive.thick
    Location:
    Gran Chaco Gualamba, Argentina
    Class: Iron Octahedrite 3,0 mm 1A
    Date of fall/find:
    Recorded as early as 1576
    Composition:
    92.2% iron, 6.68% nickel, 1.12% cobalt,
    phosphorus, germanium, and gallium.
    Note: There was a new find in 1988 with very little surface rust.
    Pieces range in size from grains of sand to 35 tons.
    Iron Meteorites
    are the most visually intriguing of meteorites are also the heaviest and the most recognizable. They come to us from large asteroids with molten cores that once orbited the sun between Mars and Jupiter. Extremely slow cooling of those cores, over millions of years, allowed nickel-iron alloys to crystallize into fantastic geometric structures knows as Widmanstätten Patterns. Much like snowflakes, the pattern of every iron meteorite is unique. Catastrophic collisions within the Asteroid Belt shattered some asteroids, sending pieces in all directions. Some of them eventually encountered Earth's gravitational pull, resulting in a fiery journey through our atmosphere at speeds up to 100,000 miles per hour. Super heated to thousands of degrees Fahrenheit, the surfaces of these fragments melted to form beautiful sculptural indentations called regmaglypts or thumbprints — features that are unique to meteorites.
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